Stay-At-Home Dads Are The New Status Symbol For Alpha Womenhttp://www.businessinsider.com/stay-at-home-dads-are-the-new-status-symbol-for-alpha-women-2012-3/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 31 Mar 2015 15:11:24 -0400Vivian Gianghttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f714d3c69bedd0411000074Mike DdTue, 27 Mar 2012 01:16:44 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f714d3c69bedd0411000074
I'm a stay at home Dad....wife is a medical professional...makes more money than me....I raised our kids...for some reason they always ran to "Daddy...." when hurt or scared...broke my wife's heart...all of m our kids talk to me about nearly anything...none of my kids are afraid to ask me questions....But, raising kids is the most emotionally demanding thing I have ever done..there were times I wish I was back getting shot at just to bring the concern level down..I have been shot at, blown up....I'm an Infantry, Airborne, Ranger (qualified), Special Forces, MFF (HALO), Cbt Dvr (scuba) (and a few more) soldier...and the most scared I have ever been is watching my young child have a febrile seizure (they are basically harmless I later found out). Raising kids is not for the faint of heart..and yes there is a psychological and social tension at times with my wife but like most things in life..the minute you think you are in control..life has a way of reminding you that it is an illusion....hopefully, your love for one another will always be larger than you need for one another. Raising kids is and honor and a duty..interspersed with moments of sheer terror...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f5ae3e269bedd7559000045realllySat, 10 Mar 2012 00:17:22 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f5ae3e269bedd7559000045
Actually its even better than that...you can bang her girl friends when she's at work, then divorce her @ss and take 1/2 of every thing and get alimony and child support.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f5ab984ecad047d16000034BuzzFri, 09 Mar 2012 21:16:36 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f5ab984ecad047d16000034
Having a stay at home spouse is a status symbol? Terrible.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f5a61f9ecad04570a000033dr01dFri, 09 Mar 2012 15:03:05 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f5a61f9ecad04570a000033
Uh oh...
Report: Men Unfaithful to Women Who Earn More
<a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2012343,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2012343,00.html</a>http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f5a4eb169beddee1c000082New American DreamFri, 09 Mar 2012 13:40:49 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f5a4eb169beddee1c000082
Does that mean when your alpha wife starts banging another guy you can split and take her ass to the cleaners?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f5a4215eab8eaa90b000086TraderFri, 09 Mar 2012 12:47:01 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f5a4215eab8eaa90b000086
I'm proud to be a stay at home dad. Learn to day trade. I work 3 hrs in the morning and spend the rest of the time withe the family.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f5a37f469bedd6001000002It's about $$ folksFri, 09 Mar 2012 12:03:48 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f5a37f469bedd6001000002
My wife is an attorney. My background is in accounting/info systems. 10+ years ago we made conscious decisions that [a] we wanted children [b] we didn't want our kids to be raised by daycare [c] she had the greater earnings potential.
I've always had a job, but once our 1st kid was born took the regular 'analyst' position and didn't bother with climbing the latter. She, worked her tail off at her law firm. The first years were tough, three kids, me handling most of the day-to-day baby stuff (grandma helped while I was at work). Me having a regular 7-4 job with a good, understanding female boss helped a lot too.
Fast forward 9 years. She's a partner at her firm making good money. I'm still an analyst but spent a ton of time with my kids when they were babies/toddlers, something that can be challenging, but makes me much closer to them now that they're in grade school.
In a way, I do think it's hurt my career. I'm now at a different job than when my kids were little but work for good people with kids of their own. That said, I do feel that while valued I'm labeled as a family guy and maybe not "management potential" since oftentimes when push comes to shove, when the kids are sick and my wife is in trial, guess who stays home.
Ours was an economic decision mostly, just made sense. If I was the attorney or investment banker and she was the accountant, things would be reversed.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f5a326deab8ea6a7000003eCastration by MarriageFri, 09 Mar 2012 11:40:13 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f5a326deab8ea6a7000003e
Sure, stay at home with the kids. Lots of quality time to get to know your family.
Then when you're wife thinks her balls are bigger than yours, you're gone. This usually happens when the kids are a little older and they are mostly looked after by the education system during the day. "So, what did you do all day while the kids were at school?"
While your wife was at work becoming more valuable, you were at home depreciating in value and you will eventually be discarded with the rest of the trash. I've seen it happen to several friends.
Now, if you can find a rich wife and you both can stay home, that's a different story.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f5a3262eab8ea3b72000069kimbosliceFri, 09 Mar 2012 11:40:02 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f5a3262eab8ea3b72000069
If a woman believes that a man who has a drop of testosterone left in his body would be happy with this then she deserves what she gets. He's gonna be out searching for strange when the kids are at school. Or, he's gonna look for single women out and about with their own little kids in the park, etc.
That guy in the picture says it all. He didn't look like a man but rather Bill Maher's transsexual former sister.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f5a30806bb3f7c16300005cGee, thats greatFri, 09 Mar 2012 11:32:00 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f5a30806bb3f7c16300005c
All you have to do is throw away your dignity and live life as a little house bitch. I'd call that a gay marriage situation.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f5a2e22eab8ea367000006aProbablyFri, 09 Mar 2012 11:21:54 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f5a2e22eab8ea367000006a
I have seen several of these type of marriage. The quiet tension is there only in the marriage where the guy is not physically a alpha guy.
In the one marriage where there was no tension. The guy was an in-shape alpha jock type of guy that was always known for not "taking crap" from the woman/borderline mysogonist - He never felt threaten by her situation, in fact he loved it -he had more time for himself, he definitely did not do house work - staff took care of that. It was weird -sort of one of the those Al Bundy -Married with Children episodes.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f5a299269bedd464a000066HempshawFri, 09 Mar 2012 11:02:26 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f5a299269bedd464a000066
Do alpha women really respect their husbands? Probably a lot of quiet tension in those households.